North Korea Identified as Key Suspect in Record $6 Billion Binance Crypto Heist

11/01/2026

TLDR; The FBI confirms the allegations and has officially attributed the $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korea-linked hackers. FBI urges cryptocurrency exchanges, DeFi platforms, and blockchain...

11/01/2026

The FBI said Saturday that North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance this week, linking one of the largest digital asset thefts in...

11/01/2026

The theft of billions of dollars from Binance within a matter of minutes, the biggest crypto heist in history, was orchestrated by North Korean hackers, the FBI said Saturday.The bureau said in a...

11/01/2026

The FBI says North Korea was behind the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist that hit Binance on October 29th. The FBI labeled the activity "TraderTraitor" and said that it had observed actors it has...

11/01/2026

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially attributed the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-aligned elite hacking...

11/01/2026

The FBI said that North Korea was responsible for stealing $6.3 billion from Binance last week in the largest-ever crypto heist, dealing a blow to the sector’s dream of becoming a mainstream asset.

11/01/2026

FBI says attack tied to ‘malicious cyber activity’ by entity known as TraderTraitor, the same actors behind $1.5bn Bybit hack last year

10/31/2026

The FBI said ​on Saturday that ‌North Korea was responsible for ​the theft ​of more than $6 billion ⁠in virtual ​assets from ​cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

10/31/2026

The bureau named TraderTraitor and sought blocks on the laundering trail, while Binance kept Nov. 1 as its withdrawal restart target.... Read the full story at The Defiant

10/31/2026

Attackers tied to North Korea drained roughly $6.4 billion from the world’s largest crypto exchange. Here’s what we know about how it happened, who’s behind it, and what comes next.

10/31/2026

If the accusations are true, the record-making heist shows how powerful suspected North Korean hackers have become.

11/01/2026

Binance co-CEO Yi He rejects a viral spy romance claim behind the $6.3B hack, saying ZachXBT never made the allegation and evidence is lacking.

11/01/2026

A viral claim links the $6.3 billion Binance hack to an engineer's alleged romance with a North Korean spy. Here's what ZachXBT actually reported.

10/31/2026

It's not clear how the Binance hackers managed to breach its systems, netting them $6.3 billion in about 20 minutes.

11/01/2026

The FBI has linked North Korea to the theft of roughly $6.3 billion in digital assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to a Saturday statement. The agency said the campaign is...

11/01/2026

US agency seeks private-sector help to block further money-laundering of stolen digital assets.

11/01/2026

While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addresses," and expects this number to continue growing.

11/01/2026

Deposits have remained available throughout the incident and were not affected, the company noted.

10/31/2026

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Saturday that North Korea was responsible for the $6.3 billion theft from crypto exchange Binance, the largest crypto hack in history. The FBI said the...